Former Rare Staff
At a time when people are marching in the streets over either the removal or existence of Confederate statues, a U.S. gymnast is now changing her tune.
Videos by Rare
RELATED: Durham woman who admitted to toppling Confederate statue arrested
Gymnast Ragan Smith, 17, is making adjustments due to apparent backlash over seconds of the “Dixie” horn playing at the beginning of her routine.
According to the Daily Mail, the “Dixie” horn notes could be heard when Smith rehearsed on Wednesday, but by Friday it was removed.
You may know it either from the “Dukes of Hazzard” as the General Lee’s horn or through its origins as the first notes of “Dixie’s Land.”
[protected-iframe id=”2a887d8f30170089470068e9d463e2b0-46934866-50986348″ info=”//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dixie_(1916).ogg?embedplayer=yes” width=”220″ height=”20″ frameborder=”0″ webkitallowfullscreen=”” mozallowfullscreen=”” allowfullscreen=””]
Watch the beginning of the video above showing Smith’s Wednesday rehearsal and compare it to her Friday appearance at the 2017 P&G Championships.
RELATED: As Confederate monuments around the nation fall, one city pulled theirs down in the dead of night
A lot of people called for and then noticed the change.
https://twitter.com/sapphireboy07/status/898774439092932608
Did I miss "Dixie" in the beginning of Ragan's routine or did they get rid of it? #PGChamps
— Dana (@dspe37) August 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/mixedberrymadee/status/898759059125317632
Looks like Ragan's floor music was edited to take out the Dixie music.
— Chalk Warrior (@chalkwarrior) August 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/anna_e_norris/status/898758792929697792
https://twitter.com/lenibriscoe/status/898758361600073729
awful time using the dixie part in this music…. poor ragan always stuck with odd choreo https://t.co/FwFFBCgqM2
— tara (@likeavioIin) August 17, 2017
Hey @KimZmeskal, love Ragan’s new FX! Only problem – it has a few bars of “Dixie” a song with problematic, racist roots. Making sure u know🙂
— Dylan (@zhuhighness) August 17, 2017
The more I think about Ragan using like 2 bars of Dixie in her floor music it's like why? Seems like a very avoidable issue.
— Bekah (@BekahHarbs) August 17, 2017
Do I think Ragan knows the history of "Dixie"? Nah. Do I think it is insane for her to use it? Nah. Should she prob change her music? Yes.
— Bekah (@BekahHarbs) August 17, 2017
